week 5

Quoted message said:

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when

there

Quoted message said:

is all this work around the house that needs to be
accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The simple fact is - you are just as important as anything
else on your to do list. I have no idea what you're life is
like so I can't give specific advice but you should devote
some time to yourself everyday. If you're really nervous
about not having any time, just devote 15 minutes. You can
use this time to organize yourself for the rest of the day
(or to prepare for the next day), to take a walk with your
favorite music (especially if you have a household that
requires you to leave to get some peace), make a habit of
going someplace for a cup of tea every day and turn your
cell phone off.

If you work outside of the home, you might want to do this
on your way home - unwind from the demands of work and and
get your time to yourself before the demands of home attack
you. If you work inside the home maybe you can exchange
babysitting moments with your neighbor where you each give
each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right after
the other) to give you time to go for that walk. Not to
mention, if someone else is involved, you will be held to a
schedule, accountable to someone else.

The better you are to yourself, the better you can be to
others. You can't offer others what you don't have. Those
dishes aren't going to be any dirtier in a half hour and
that report isn't going to be any less written if you don't
do it right this minute. But if you take the time to
yourself, you'll be able to do these things with much more
energy and you'll find you don't actually need that 15
minutes you used for your walk to get something else done.

Alex

Quoted message said:

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some

time

Quoted message said:

and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do screw
up, I won't

beat

Quoted message said:

myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been excusing myself by saying, "It's too cold to
go". Yesterday was an icky day, but I managed to convince
myself to go to the gym. I'm pleased with myself. I didn't
go overboard on anything, just general movement that I
needed to

do.

Quoted message said:

The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
realized I hated it. Love yoga, but don't have the hour and
a half every day to devote to it. Really made a difference
though when I was going it with some regularity.

Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half an
hour. I go 6 days a week and do half an hour on either the
treadmill or the elliptical trainer. (Hate the bike and
stair climber). Invested in an iPod. I can do ANYTHING for
half an hour - at least that's what I keep telling myself.
So far so good. I don't know if I've lost weight (just
started WW) but I don't have guilt about it.

And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months when I
say I'm bored?

thanks...lo

test

Julie:

Congrats on your weight loss!! I hope your experiment goes
well!! It sounds like it has something to it, so I'll cross
my fingers for you!!

Connie

--

Cheers,

Connie Walsh

241.5/193.5/155 RAFL 210.5/193.5/198.5 50 lbs off
241.5/193.5/191.5

skiur said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself from overdoing it on the food Friday and
Saturday. I don't know how well that has been working. We
went out to dinner yesterday and I had too much sodium in
my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm almost
done with liter of water #2. I'm down from last week's
sodium escapade so there may have been a loss somewhere in
there, but it is currently masked from going out to dinner
last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long to lose 5
stinkin' pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest weight day) and then I start
eating out at lunch and making poorer choices during the
week. I think I will be reducing the number of times I
weight a week, because I am completely getting in my own
way when I do. We'll see how that experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some time and that I would start on a Saturday
so that if I do screw up, I won't beat myself up for it
too much. Well for the past few weeks I've been excusing
myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an
icky day, but I managed to convince myself to go to the
gym. I'm pleased with myself. I didn't go overboard on
anything, just general movement that I needed to do. The
trick is to get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when there is all this work around the house that
needs to be accomplished. Does anyone have any
suggestions?

Julie

Congratulations Julie on your total loss to date. You might
be losing more slowly than you'd like but you're sure
learning lots along the way. And you ARE losing.

I weigh in on Saturday mornings because I tend to be a bit
looser with points on the weekend. Giving myself permission
to do that allows me the opportunity to be spontaneous with
friends and family and I never feel deprived. I could never
be so disciplined as to be perfectly on point every day. The
more "rules" I set for myself, the more some other part of
me seems determined to break them. Yet my weight losses keep
mounting, I think, in part because I do allow myself the
freedom to live my life the way I live it.

Linda P

skiur said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself from overdoing it on the food Friday and
Saturday. I don't know how well that has been working. We
went out to dinner yesterday and I had too much sodium in
my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm almost
done with liter of water #2. I'm down from last week's
sodium escapade so there may have been a loss somewhere in
there, but it is currently masked from going out to dinner
last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long to lose 5
stinkin' pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest weight day) and then I start
eating out at lunch and making poorer choices during the
week. I think I will be reducing the number of times I
weight a week, because I am completely getting in my own
way when I do. We'll see how that experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym for
quite some time and that I would start on a Saturday so
that if I do screw up, I won't beat myself up for it too
much. Well for the past few weeks I've been excusing myself
by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an icky
day, but I managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm
pleased with myself. I didn't go overboard on anything,
just general movement that I needed to do. The trick is to
get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when there is all this work around the house that
needs to be accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Julie

Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an apartment.
It'll be getting busier soon as we're looking for a house,
but that's a bit different. I'm bad at letting the chores go
(I'd rather get them done), but it's gotten to the point
where there are too many chores that have gone undone and
too much clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers
me the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it waiting
for me. *sigh*

Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5p-
[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when

there

Quoted message said:

is all this work around the house that needs to be
accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The simple fact is - you are just as important as anything
else on your to do list. I have no idea what you're life
is like so I can't give specific advice but you should
devote some time to yourself everyday. If you're really
nervous about not having any time, just devote 15 minutes.
You can use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
the day (or to prepare for the next day), to take a walk
with your favorite music (especially if you have a
household that requires you to leave to get some peace),
make a habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
and turn your cell

phone

Quoted message said:

off.

If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
this on your way home - unwind from the demands of work
and and get your time to yourself before the demands of
home attack you. If you work inside the home maybe you
can exchange babysitting moments with your neighbor where
you each

give

Quoted message said:

each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right
after the other) to give you time to go for that walk. Not
to mention, if someone else is involved, you will be held
to a schedule, accountable to someone else.

The better you are to yourself, the better you can be to
others. You

can't

Quoted message said:

offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
going to be any dirtier in a half hour and that report
isn't going to be any less written

if

Quoted message said:

you don't do it right this minute. But if you take the
time to yourself, you'll be able to do these things with
much more energy and you'll find

you

Quoted message said:

don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
walk to get

something

Quoted message said:

else done.

Alex

I'll try to remind you. :-)

I went the gym today after all. I'm hurting a little. I did
20 minutes on the treadmill, but then did squats.
Fortunately, I didn't overdo it like I tend to. I could
actually still walk when I got home and although I'm a
little sore (tomorrow will really suck), I'm a lot less
stressed out that I would have otherwise been. That, right
there, is reason enough for me to go to the gym.

Tonight we had sushi. We also got the plates that we've been
drooling over for the last year or so at the Japanese
market. Check out dinner at our house on:
jcatena.netsushiOpen ↗

I love to cook and present, dh loves to take pictures and he
couldn't resist pulling out the camera and posting dinner.
(Plus, I had to show the pattern to my friends who know I've
been drooling over it for a while.)

Julie

<[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some

time

Quoted message said:

and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
screw up, I won't

beat

Quoted message said:

myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been

excusing

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was
an icky day, but

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm pleased
with myself.

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

didn't go overboard on anything, just general movement
that I needed to

do.

Quoted message said:

The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

I used to be a total and complete gym rat, and then I
realized I hated it. Love yoga, but don't have the hour
and a half every day to devote to it. Really made a
difference though when I was going it with some
regularity.

Re the gym: the deal I make with myself is this: half an
hour. I go 6 days a week and do half an hour on either the
treadmill or the elliptical trainer. (Hate the bike and
stair climber). Invested in an iPod. I can

do

Quoted message said:

ANYTHING for half an hour - at least that's what I keep
telling myself. So far so good. I don't know if I've lost
weight (just started WW) but I

don't

Quoted message said:

have guilt about it.

And will someone please remind me of this in 3 months when
I say I'm

bored?

Quoted message said:

thanks...lo

guess it works after all :-) sorry about the previous post.

J <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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test

Thanks Linda.

I'm very hard on myself and I"m trying to break that. At
this point, I want to see those minus 5 pounds. I'll be at a
weight I haven't been in about a year or so. Then once I get
to 10% lost, I'll have reached a weight that I had already
been to about 3 years ago. I've been feeling bad about
letting myself gain the weight back, however I'm also really
glad I didn't gain more if that makes sense.

Julie

"Prairie Roots" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Congratulations Julie on your total loss to date. You
might be losing more slowly than you'd like but you're
sure learning lots along the way. And you ARE losing.

I weigh in on Saturday mornings because I tend to be a bit
looser with points on the weekend. Giving myself
permission to do that allows me the opportunity to be
spontaneous with friends and family and I never feel
deprived. I could never be so disciplined as to be
perfectly on point every day. The more "rules" I set for
myself, the more some other part of me seems determined to
break them. Yet my weight losses keep mounting, I think,
in part because I do allow myself the freedom to live my
life the way I live it.

Linda P

skiur said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself

from

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

overdoing it on the food Friday and Saturday. I don't
know how well that has been working. We went out to
dinner yesterday and I had too much

sodium

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

in my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm
almost done with

liter

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

of water #2. I'm down from last week's sodium escapade so
there may have been a loss somewhere in there, but it is
currently masked from going out

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

dinner last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long
to lose 5

stinkin'

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do

really

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

well until I come up on a certain number (usually found
on my lowest

weight

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

day) and then I start eating out at lunch and making
poorer choices

during

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the week. I think I will be reducing the number of times
I weight a

week,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

because I am completely getting in my own way when I do.
We'll see how

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some

time

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do
screw up, I won't

beat

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been

excusing

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

myself by saying, "It's too cold to go". Yesterday was an
icky day, but

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

managed to convince myself to go to the gym. I'm pleased
with myself. I didn't go overboard on anything, just
general movement that I needed to

do.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when

there

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

is all this work around the house that needs to be
accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Julie

I just figured out that if I kept going the way I had been that I wouldn't
be here to do the house things, that perspective makes it lots easier for
me, Lee
skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Results to date: 3.5 pounds lost.

I do my official weigh in on Sunday in hopes of somehow
detering myself

from

Quoted message said:

overdoing it on the food Friday and Saturday. I don't know
how well that has been working. We went out to dinner
yesterday and I had too much

sodium

Quoted message said:

in my diet. I'm thirsty as heck this morning and I'm
almost done with

liter

Quoted message said:

of water #2. I'm down from last week's sodium escapade so
there may have been a loss somewhere in there, but it is
currently masked from going out

to

Quoted message said:

dinner last night. Eh. Who knew it would take this long
to lose 5

stinkin'

Quoted message said:

pounds?

I found something rather interesting this week. I notice
that I do really well until I come up on a certain number
(usually found on my lowest

weight

Quoted message said:

day) and then I start eating out at lunch and making
poorer choices during the week. I think I will be reducing
the number of times I weight a week, because I am
completely getting in my own way when I do. We'll see how

that

Quoted message said:

experiment goes.

I've been convincing myself that I should go to the gym
for quite some

time

Quoted message said:

and that I would start on a Saturday so that if I do screw
up, I won't

beat

Quoted message said:

myself up for it too much. Well for the past few weeks
I've been excusing myself by saying, "It's too cold to
go". Yesterday was an icky day, but I managed to convince
myself to go to the gym. I'm pleased with myself. I didn't
go overboard on anything, just general movement that I
needed to

do.

Quoted message said:

The trick is to get myself to do that again today.

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus on
myself when

there

Quoted message said:

is all this work around the house that needs to be
accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Julie

now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid buckets, except a
trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH sorted it for me, each
bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is enough to do. that
way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you are behind, don't
try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and shout to hung up and
put away, don't start a second one until you have the first one done, that
way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the washer or dryer and
ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it works. Now once you
get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery list or your menu. You
could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time for you and some
laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry
skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an apartment.
It'll be

getting

Quoted message said:

busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a bit
different. I'm bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather
get them done), but it's gotten

to

Quoted message said:

the point where there are too many chores that have gone
undone and too

much

Quoted message said:

clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it waiting
for me. *sigh*

Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:5p-
[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus
on myself when

there

Quoted message said:

is all this work around the house that needs to be
accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The simple fact is - you are just as important as
anything else on your

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so I
can't give

specific

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

advice but you should devote some time to yourself
everyday. If you're really nervous about not having any
time, just devote 15 minutes. You

can

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

use this time to organize yourself for the rest of the
day (or to

prepare

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
music (especially

if

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you have a household that requires you to leave to get
some peace), make

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day and
turn your cell

phone

Quoted message said:

off.

If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
this on your way home - unwind from the demands of work
and and get your time to yourself before the demands of
home attack you. If you work inside the home

maybe

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you can exchange babysitting moments with your neighbor
where you each

give

Quoted message said:

each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right
after the other)

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention, if
someone else is involved, you will be held to a
schedule, accountable to someone else.

The better you are to yourself, the better you can be to
others. You

can't

Quoted message said:

offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
going to be any dirtier in a half hour and that report
isn't going to be any less

written

Quoted message said:

if

Quoted message said:

you don't do it right this minute. But if you take the
time to

yourself,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you'll be able to do these things with much more energy
and you'll find

you

Quoted message said:

don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
walk to get

something

Quoted message said:

else done.

Alex

I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how much
you have to do. I will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2
of which are construction workers who live to play in the
mud (boy did they have fun this past week) and 1 is a
teenage girl (need I say more) ... is much different than
doing laundry for 2 adults. If I did laundry one load at a
time, start to finish before starting another one, I would
never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a self-
professed laundry queen. There are days (hell, there are
months) that I swear this is all I do in life. This week has
been one of those weeks. Yesterday I had to push 40 trips up
and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done, more
mystically appeared at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys*
clothing had to go through the machine twice - and I'm still
not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal type
laundry sorters. Each one is divided into 3 sections ...
and I have an additional single hamper for towels. Our
towels aren't the same color, but they're old enough that
they can get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny
how after a few years they no longer run or shed. <G>
Anyway, I sort laundry everyday - usually when I head down
to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up before I
hit the treadmill
- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later I'm
done walking, the load is ready to go into the dryer. If
nothing else, at least one load of wash gets done each day
- and it makes life a bit easier for me these days. I did
officially no laundry at all today (YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow
will be dedicated to getting my mom's laundry done ...
deliver to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, just in time to
pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

Miss Violette said:

now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels are
white. DH sorted it for me, each bucket has an assigned
place. I do a load when there is enough to do. that way it
is never done but it never piles up. Also if you are
behind, don't try and do IT ALL today, do one load from
presoak and shout to hung up and put away, don't start a
second one until you have the first one done, that way you
don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the washer or
dryer and ruining. I know this sounds counter productive
but it works. Now once you get that first load in, sit down
and do your grocery list or your menu. You could also
exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time for you and
some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
apartment. It'll be

getting

Quoted message said:

busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
bit different. I'm bad at letting the chores go (I'd
rather get them done), but it's gotten

to

Quoted message said:

the point where there are too many chores that have gone
undone and too

much

Quoted message said:

clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
waiting for me. *sigh*

Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

> On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to focus
> on myself when
there
> is all this work around the house that needs to be
> accomplished. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The simple fact is - you are just as important as
anything else on your

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so I
can't give

specific

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

advice but you should devote some time to yourself
everyday. If you're really nervous about not having any
time, just devote 15 minutes. You

can

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

use this time to organize yourself for the rest of the
day (or to

prepare

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
music (especially

if

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you have a household that requires you to leave to get
some peace), make

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day and
turn your cell

phone

Quoted message said:

off.

If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
this on your way home - unwind from the demands of work
and and get your time to yourself before the demands of
home attack you. If you work inside the home

maybe

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you can exchange babysitting moments with your neighbor
where you each

give

Quoted message said:

each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right
after the other)

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention, if
someone else is involved, you will be held to a
schedule, accountable to someone else.

The better you are to yourself, the better you can be
to others. You

can't

Quoted message said:

offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
going to be any dirtier in a half hour and that report
isn't going to be any less

written

Quoted message said:

if

Quoted message said:

you don't do it right this minute. But if you take the
time to

yourself,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you'll be able to do these things with much more energy
and you'll find

you

Quoted message said:

don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
walk to get

something

Quoted message said:

else done.

Alex

OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be overwhelmed, With
the two of us I do a huge amount of laundry but, I change alot and so does
DH, I also only use towels once so there is a great deal of whites. We have
all whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly and bleached a
colored towel, DH had pink underwear for a bit which did NOT make him any
too happy. I figured that if they were all white we wouldn't have that
issue again. I actually have a system where I do a load or so a day but the
next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we travel the first thing
after getting back and unpacked I do laundry until it is totally caught up.
Lee, who feels your pain
Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

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will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction workers

who

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live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this past
week) and 1 is a

teenage

Quoted message said:

girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

Quoted message said:

I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish before
starting another

one, I

Quoted message said:

would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a
self-professed

laundry

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queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is all I

do in

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life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday I
had to push 40

trips up

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and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

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at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to go
through the

machine

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twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal type
laundry sorters.

Each

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one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single hamper

for

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towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're old
enough that

they can

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get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how after
a few years they

no

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longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday -
usually when I

head

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down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

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- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later I'm
done walking,

the load

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is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at least
one load of wash

gets

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done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I did officially no laundry at all today
(YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow will be

dedicated to

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getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or Wednesday,

just in

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time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels
are white. DH sorted it for me,

each

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Quoted message said:

bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

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way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind,

don't

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try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
shout to hung up

and

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put away, don't start a second one until you have the
first one done,

that

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way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

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ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

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get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery list
or your menu.

You

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could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
laundry skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

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Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
apartment. It'll be

getting

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busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
bit different.

I'm

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bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
done), but it's

gotten

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to

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the point where there are too many chores that have
gone undone and too

much

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clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
waiting for me.

*sigh*

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Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > focus on myself

when

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> there
> > is all this work around the house that needs to be
> > accomplished.

Does

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> > anyone have any suggestions?
>
> The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> anything else on

your

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to

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> do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so I
> can't give

specific

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> advice but you should devote some time to yourself
> everyday. If

you're

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make

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a

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> habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
> and turn your

cell

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phone
> off.
>
> If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
> this on your

way

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> home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> your time to

yourself

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> before the demands of home attack you. If you work
> inside the home

maybe

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> you can exchange babysitting moments with your
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each

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give
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to

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>
> The better you are to yourself, the better you can be
> to others. You
can't
> offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
> going to be

any

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> dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going to
> be any less

written

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if
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yourself,

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> you'll be able to do these things with much more
> energy and you'll

find

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you
> don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
> walk to get
something
> else done.
>
> Alex
>
>

Laundry and traveling is the pits, glad I don't travel
often. Guess it's another one of those obsessive/compulsive
things with me. I have to have ALL the laundry done before I
can walk out the door - which usually means pulling an all
nighter to accomplish this feat. I pack garbage bags in the
suitcases - and all dirty clothing is tossed in the garbage
bags. Repacking to come home, all dirty clothes are combined
into one or two suitcases (depends on how many of us are
gone, and for how long) and when we return home those cases
are taken directly to the basement. It sounds wierd, but it
really does make my life easier and less complicated. And
like you, I have to do all the dirty clothing right away
when I get back home, so having to not chase everyone to get
it really does help me.

This week-end's rampage was only due to getting daughter out
the door for her spring trip to FL with a friends family.
I've just received two phone calls from her ... just hung up
now. 2:15 am and they finally have reached their hotel, got
sorted into rooms after finding out their reservations were
messed up and rooms too small ... this after being delayed
for takeoff at the airport for over an hour (we had some
nasty storms roll through late afternoon/early evening). The
poor mom who has taken all these kids has got to be a basket
case right about now.

Joyce

Miss Violette said:

OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be
overwhelmed, With the two of us I do a huge amount of
laundry but, I change alot and so does DH, I also only use
towels once so there is a great deal of whites. We have all
whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly and
bleached a colored towel, DH had pink underwear for a bit
which did NOT make him any too happy. I figured that if
they were all white we wouldn't have that issue again. I
actually have a system where I do a load or so a day but
the next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we
travel the first thing after getting back and unpacked I do
laundry until it is totally caught up. Lee, who feels your
pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

Quoted message said:

will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction workers

who

Quoted message said:

live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this past
week) and 1 is a

teenage

Quoted message said:

girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

Quoted message said:

I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish before
starting another

one, I

Quoted message said:

would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a
self-professed

laundry

Quoted message said:

queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is all I

do in

Quoted message said:

life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday I
had to push 40

trips up

Quoted message said:

and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

Quoted message said:

at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to
go through the

machine

Quoted message said:

twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal type
laundry sorters.

Each

Quoted message said:

one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single hamper

for

Quoted message said:

towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're old
enough that

they can

Quoted message said:

get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how after
a few years they

no

Quoted message said:

longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday -
usually when I

head

Quoted message said:

down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

Quoted message said:

- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later
I'm done walking,

the load

Quoted message said:

is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at least
one load of wash

gets

Quoted message said:

done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I did officially no laundry at all today
(YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow will be

dedicated to

Quoted message said:

getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or Wednesday,

just in

Quoted message said:

time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels
are white. DH sorted it for me,

each

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind,

don't

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
shout to hung up

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

put away, don't start a second one until you have the
first one done,

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
list or your menu.

You

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
laundry skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
> Thanks Alex.
>
> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
> apartment. It'll be
getting
> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
> bit different.

I'm

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
> done), but it's

gotten

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to
> the point where there are too many chores that have
> gone undone and too
much
> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
> the most.
>
> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
> waiting for me.

*sigh*

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>
> Julie
>
> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> "]news:[email hidden]...
> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > > focus on myself

when

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> > there
> > > is all this work around the house that needs to be
> > > accomplished.

Does

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> > > anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> > anything else on

your

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to
> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so
> > I can't give
specific
> > advice but you should devote some time to yourself
> > everyday. If

you're

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Quoted message said:

> > really nervous about not having any time, just
> > devote 15 minutes.

You

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can
> > use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
> > the day (or to
prepare
> > for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
> > music

(especially

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if
> > you have a household that requires you to leave to
> > get some peace),

make

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a
> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
> > and turn your

cell

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> phone
> > off.
> >
> > If you work outside of the home, you might want to
> > do this on your

way

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> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> > your time to

yourself

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> > before the demands of home attack you. If you work
> > inside the home
maybe
> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
> > neighbor where you

each

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> give
> > each other a half hour of babysitting time (one
> > right after the

other)

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to
> > give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention,
> > if someone else

is

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> > involved, you will be held to a schedule,
> > accountable to someone

else.

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> >
> > The better you are to yourself, the better you can
> > be to others. You
> can't
> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
> > aren't going to be

any

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> > dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going
> > to be any less
written
> if
> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you take
> > the time to
yourself,
> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
> > energy and you'll

find

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> you
> > don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for
> > your walk to get
> something
> > else done.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
>

Glad DD got there safe, storms were bad here as well.

Part of the reason I do it this way now is because I used to
freak if every thread wasn't clean. I mean it was really an
issue. I finally figured out that I could obsessive on
perfect hanging/folding rather than on ALL done and I get
less overwhelmed and less tired also. I now have as a goal
that it will all be done once a year after the annual linen
run. I am finding that obsessive behavior, cluttering
behavior and weight issues are connected and have also found
that when perfectionist tendencies are thrown in it is
difficult. I am learning very slowly that if I improve a
little at a time and don't fall back I do fine. I have
transferred the perfectionism to specific things and this
gives me something a little more healthy to focus on. I
thought long and hard about all of this, I am probably
borderline in these areas but I am also terrified of medical
situations so refuse to go and find out. Once I realized
action had to be taken I read, and read, and read... What I
read, learned and decided has helped me to improve in
several areas.

And just one thing more and I will quit rambling, I haven't
beaten the over doing on the cleaning, I just scrubbed, by
hand, half of my 22.5 by 15 livingroom carpet with a small
scrubbrush, Lee, who earned 12 activity points today Joyce
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Laundry and traveling is the pits, glad I don't travel
often. Guess it's

another

Quoted message said:

one of those obsessive/compulsive things with me. I have
to have ALL the

laundry

Quoted message said:

done before I can walk out the door - which usually means
pulling an all

nighter

Quoted message said:

to accomplish this feat. I pack garbage bags in the
suitcases - and all

dirty

Quoted message said:

clothing is tossed in the garbage bags. Repacking to come
home, all dirty

clothes

Quoted message said:

are combined into one or two suitcases (depends on how
many of us are

gone, and

Quoted message said:

for how long) and when we return home those cases are
taken directly to

the

Quoted message said:

basement. It sounds wierd, but it really does make my life
easier and

less

Quoted message said:

complicated. And like you, I have to do all the dirty
clothing right away

when I

Quoted message said:

get back home, so having to not chase everyone to get it
really does help

me.

Quoted message said:

This week-end's rampage was only due to getting daughter
out the door for

her

Quoted message said:

spring trip to FL with a friends family. I've just
received two phone

calls from

Quoted message said:

her ... just hung up now. 2:15 am and they finally have
reached their

hotel, got

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sorted into rooms after finding out their reservations
were messed up and

rooms

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too small ... this after being delayed for takeoff at the
airport for over

an hour

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(we had some nasty storms roll through late
afternoon/early evening). The

poor

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mom who has taken all these kids has got to be a basket
case right about

now.

Quoted message said:

Joyce

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 01:17:39 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be
overwhelmed, With the two of us I do a huge amount of
laundry but, I change alot and so

does

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

DH, I also only use towels once so there is a great deal
of whites. We

have

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

all whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly
and bleached a colored towel, DH had pink underwear for
a bit which did NOT make him any too happy. I figured
that if they were all white we wouldn't have that issue
again. I actually have a system where I do a load or so
a day but

the

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we travel
the first thing after getting back and unpacked I do
laundry until it is totally caught

up.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Lee, who feels your pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in
message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

Quoted message said:

will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction

workers

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

who

Quoted message said:

live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this
past week) and 1 is

a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

teenage

Quoted message said:

girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

Quoted message said:

I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish
before starting

another

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

one, I

Quoted message said:

would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g>
I am a

self-professed

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

laundry

Quoted message said:

queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is

all I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

do in

Quoted message said:

life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday
I had to push

40

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

trips up

Quoted message said:

and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

Quoted message said:

at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to
go through the

machine

Quoted message said:

twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal
type laundry

sorters.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Each

Quoted message said:

one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single

hamper

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

for

Quoted message said:

towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're
old enough that

they can

Quoted message said:

get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how
after a few years

they

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

no

Quoted message said:

longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday
- usually when

I

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

head

Quoted message said:

down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

Quoted message said:

- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later
I'm done

walking,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the load

Quoted message said:

is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at
least one load of

wash

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

gets

Quoted message said:

done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I

did

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

officially no laundry at all today (YEAH!!!!!!) -
tomorrow will be

dedicated to

Quoted message said:

getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or

Wednesday,

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

just in

Quoted message said:

time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

wrote:

>now I can help with the laundry, I got those
>Rubbermaid buckets,

except a

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
>sorted it for me,

each

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>bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there
>is enough to do.

that

Quoted message said:

>way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if
>you are behind,

don't

Quoted message said:

>try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
>shout to hung up

and

Quoted message said:

>put away, don't start a second one until you have the
>first one done,

that

Quoted message said:

>way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in
>the washer or

dryer

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

and

Quoted message said:

>ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
>works. Now

once

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

you

Quoted message said:

>get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
>list or your

menu.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You

Quoted message said:

>could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!!
>time for you and

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
><[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
>[email hidden]...
>> Thanks Alex.
>>
>> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
>> apartment. It'll be
>getting
>> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's
>> a bit

different.

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I'm

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>> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
>> done), but it's

gotten

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>to
>> the point where there are too many chores that have
>> gone undone and

too

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>much
>> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers
>> me the most.
>>
>> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
>> waiting for me.

*sigh*

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>>
>> Julie
>>
>> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
>> message "]news:[email hidden]...
>> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
>> > > focus on myself

when

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>> > there
>> > > is all this work around the house that needs to
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Does

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>> > > anyone have any suggestions?
>> >
>> > The simple fact is - you are just as important as
>> > anything else on

your

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>to
>> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like
>> > so I can't give
>specific
>> > advice but you should devote some time to yourself
>> > everyday. If

you're

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>> > really nervous about not having any time, just
>> > devote 15 minutes.

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>can
>> > use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
>> > the day (or to
>prepare
>> > for the next day), to take a walk with your
>> > favorite music

(especially

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>if
>> > you have a household that requires you to leave to
>> > get some

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make

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>a
>> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every
>> > day and turn your

cell

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>> phone
>> > off.
>> >
>> > If you work outside of the home, you might want to
>> > do this on your

way

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>> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
>> > your time to

yourself

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>> > before the demands of home attack you. If you work
>> > inside the

home

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>maybe
>> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
>> > neighbor where you

each

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>> give
>> > each other a half hour of babysitting time (one
>> > right after the

other)

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>to
>> > give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention,
>> > if someone

else

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is

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>> > involved, you will be held to a schedule,
>> > accountable to someone

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>> >
>> > The better you are to yourself, the better you can
>> > be to others.

You

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>> can't
>> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
>> > aren't going to be

any

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>> > dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going
>> > to be any less
>written
>> if
>> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you take
>> > the time to
>yourself,
>> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
>> > energy and you'll

find

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>> you
>> > don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for
>> > your walk to get
>> something
>> > else done.
>> >
>> > Alex
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

Can I go to your house for dinner?

I got a kick out of you posting the pictures of the dinner
plates, as I am a potter, and always look at the plates more
than the food.

I don't want to go to they gym today (took yesterday off
after 3 days in a row) but I will go anyway.

Laundry is a pain in this apartment-electric dryer so things
take twice as long to dry and I don't have the room to store
too many things. When I get a house there will be an in-
house sorting area (not just the floor near the
washer/dryer). I did most of the laundry last night, but the
underclothing, towels and sheets didn't make it to folding
stage-least of my worries.

Most of my laundry last night was dry cleaning so I used the
Dryel-1/2 hr a load and I was good to go-too bad it's only 4
items a load.

There are assorted loads left to do, but the majority of the
clothing is done and now I don't have to go to work in my
birthday suit. :-)

"Miss Violette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels are
white. DH sorted it for me, each bucket has an assigned
place. I do a load when there is enough to do.

that

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way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind, don't try and do IT ALL today, do one load
from presoak and shout to hung up and put away, don't
start a second one until you have the first one done, that
way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

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ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

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get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery list
or your menu.

You

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could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
laundry skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

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Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
apartment. It'll be

getting

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busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
bit different.

I'm

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bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them done),
but it's gotten

to

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the point where there are too many chores that have gone
undone and too

much

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clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
waiting for me.

*sigh*

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Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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> On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> focus on myself

when

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there
> is all this work around the house that needs to be
> accomplished.

Does

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> anyone have any suggestions?

The simple fact is - you are just as important as
anything else on

your

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to

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do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so I
can't give

specific

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advice but you should devote some time to yourself
everyday. If

you're

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really nervous about not having any time, just devote
15 minutes. You

can

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use this time to organize yourself for the rest of the
day (or to

prepare

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for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
music (especially

if

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you have a household that requires you to leave to get
some peace),

make

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a

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habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
and turn your cell

phone

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off.

If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
this on your way home - unwind from the demands of
work and and get your time to

yourself

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before the demands of home attack you. If you work
inside the home

maybe

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you can exchange babysitting moments with your
neighbor where you each

give

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each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right
after the other)

to

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give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention, if
someone else is involved, you will be held to a
schedule, accountable to someone else.

The better you are to yourself, the better you can be
to others. You

can't

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offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
going to be any dirtier in a half hour and that report
isn't going to be any less

written

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if

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you don't do it right this minute. But if you take the
time to

yourself,

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you'll be able to do these things with much more
energy and you'll

find

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you

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don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
walk to get

something

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else done.

Alex

A decent system. Have you tried oxyclean for the mud?

Julie "Joyce" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

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I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

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will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction workers

who

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live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this past
week) and 1 is a

teenage

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girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

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I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish before
starting another

one, I

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would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a
self-professed

laundry

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queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is all I

do in

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life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday I
had to push 40

trips up

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and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

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at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to go
through the

machine

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twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal type
laundry sorters.

Each

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one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single hamper

for

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towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're old
enough that

they can

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get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how after
a few years they

no

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longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday -
usually when I

head

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down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

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- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later I'm
done walking,

the load

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is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at least
one load of wash

gets

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done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I did officially no laundry at all today
(YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow will be

dedicated to

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getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or Wednesday,

just in

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time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except a trash can for the whites, all towels
are white. DH sorted it for me,

each

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Quoted message said:

bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

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way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind,

don't

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try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
shout to hung up

and

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put away, don't start a second one until you have the
first one done,

that

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way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in the
washer or dryer

and

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ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

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get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery list
or your menu.

You

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could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and some laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind
laundry skiur <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
[email hidden]...

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Thanks Alex.

It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
apartment. It'll be

getting

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busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's a
bit different.

I'm

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Quoted message said:

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bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
done), but it's

gotten

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to

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the point where there are too many chores that have
gone undone and too

much

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clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
the most.

I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
waiting for me.

*sigh*

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Quoted message said:

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Julie

"Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...
> > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > focus on myself

when

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> there
> > is all this work around the house that needs to be
> > accomplished.

Does

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> > anyone have any suggestions?
>
> The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> anything else on

your

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to

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> do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so I
> can't give

specific

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> advice but you should devote some time to yourself
> everyday. If

you're

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> really nervous about not having any time, just devote
> 15 minutes.

You

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can

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> use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
> the day (or to

prepare

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> for the next day), to take a walk with your favorite
> music

(especially

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if

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> you have a household that requires you to leave to
> get some peace),

make

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a

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> habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
> and turn your

cell

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phone
> off.
>
> If you work outside of the home, you might want to do
> this on your

way

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> home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> your time to

yourself

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> before the demands of home attack you. If you work
> inside the home

maybe

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> you can exchange babysitting moments with your
> neighbor where you

each

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give
> each other a half hour of babysitting time (one right
> after the

other)

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to

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> give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention, if
> someone else

is

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> involved, you will be held to a schedule, accountable
> to someone

else.

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>
> The better you are to yourself, the better you can be
> to others. You
can't
> offer others what you don't have. Those dishes aren't
> going to be

any

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> dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going to
> be any less

written

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if
> you don't do it right this minute. But if you take
> the time to

yourself,

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> you'll be able to do these things with much more
> energy and you'll

find

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you
> don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for your
> walk to get
something
> else done.
>
> Alex
>
>

The best fix for hubby not being happy with pink underwear is having him do
laundry :-)

If he makes it pink, he can't complain.

Julie "Miss Violette" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...

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OOOHHH, I only suggested this method as a way to not be
overwhelmed, With the two of us I do a huge amount of
laundry but, I change alot and so does DH, I also only use
towels once so there is a great deal of whites. We

have

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all whites as I thought once I had it sorted correctly and
bleached a colored towel, DH had pink underwear for a bit
which did NOT make him any too happy. I figured that if
they were all white we wouldn't have that issue again. I
actually have a system where I do a load or so a day but

the

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next one goes in as soon as it is ready and if we travel
the first thing after getting back and unpacked I do
laundry until it is totally caught

up.

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Lee, who feels your pain Joyce <[email hidden]> wrote in
message "]news:[email hidden]...

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I guess how you tackle the laundry depends on just how
much you have to

do. I

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will say that laundry for 4 people ... 2 of which are
construction

workers

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who

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live to play in the mud (boy did they have fun this past
week) and 1 is

a

Quoted message said:

teenage

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girl (need I say more) ... is much different than doing
laundry for 2

adults. If

Quoted message said:

I did laundry one load at a time, start to finish before
starting

another

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one, I

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would never even make a dent in the mountain. <g> I am a
self-professed

laundry

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queen. There are days (hell, there are months) that I
swear this is all

I

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do in

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life. This week has been one of those weeks. Yesterday I
had to push

40

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trips up

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and down the basement - everytime I thought I was done,
more mystically

appeared

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at the bottom of the stairs. The *boys* clothing had to
go through the

machine

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twice - and I'm still not sure all the mud is out. LOL

I went out last year and bought three of those metal
type laundry

sorters.

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Each

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one is divided into 3 sections ... and I have an
additional single

hamper

Quoted message said:

for

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towels. Our towels aren't the same color, but they're
old enough that

they can

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get tossed into the same loads anyway ... funny how
after a few years

they

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no

Quoted message said:

longer run or shed. <G> Anyway, I sort laundry everyday
- usually when

I

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head

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down to the scale and/or treadmill. I start a load up
before I hit the

treadmill

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- whichever bin is the fullest. About 40 minutes later
I'm done

walking,

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the load

Quoted message said:

is ready to go into the dryer. If nothing else, at least
one load of

wash

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gets

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done each day - and it makes life a bit easier for me
these days. I did officially no laundry at all today
(YEAH!!!!!!) - tomorrow will be

dedicated to

Quoted message said:

getting my mom's laundry done ... deliver to her on
Tuesday or

Wednesday,

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just in

Quoted message said:

time to pick up another batch. <sigh>

Joyce

On Sun, 28 Mar 2004 23:36:26 -0600, "Miss Violette"

<[email hidden]>

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Quoted message said:

now I can help with the laundry, I got those Rubbermaid
buckets, except

a

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

trash can for the whites, all towels are white. DH
sorted it for me,

each

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

bucket has an assigned place. I do a load when there is
enough to do.

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

way it is never done but it never piles up. Also if you
are behind,

don't

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Quoted message said:

try and do IT ALL today, do one load from presoak and
shout to hung up

and

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Quoted message said:

put away, don't start a second one until you have the
first one done,

that

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

way you don't feel the pressure of things sitting in
the washer or

dryer

Quoted message said:

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ruining. I know this sounds counter productive but it
works. Now once

you

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

get that first load in, sit down and do your grocery
list or your menu.

You

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

could also exercise while they are drying, [censored]!!! time
for you and

some

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

laundry done, Lee, who doesn't mind laundry skiur
<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:qDmdnaHzxpSXCfrd3cwC-
[email hidden]...
> Thanks Alex.
>
> It's a pretty simple life-just me and dh and an
> apartment. It'll be
getting
> busier soon as we're looking for a house, but that's
> a bit different.

I'm

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> bad at letting the chores go (I'd rather get them
> done), but it's

gotten

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to
> the point where there are too many chores that have
> gone undone and

too

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much
> clutter that isn't going away. That's what bothers me
> the most.
>
> I'm not a fan of laundry and there is a pile of it
> waiting for me.

*sigh*

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>
> Julie
>
> "Alex Robinson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
> message "]news:[email hidden]...
> > > On a different note-kinda. I find it so hard to
> > > focus on myself

when

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> > there
> > > is all this work around the house that needs to
> > > be accomplished.

Does

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> > > anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > The simple fact is - you are just as important as
> > anything else on

your

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to
> > do list. I have no idea what you're life is like so
> > I can't give
specific
> > advice but you should devote some time to yourself
> > everyday. If

you're

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> > really nervous about not having any time, just
> > devote 15 minutes.

You

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can
> > use this time to organize yourself for the rest of
> > the day (or to
prepare
> > for the next day), to take a walk with your
> > favorite music

(especially

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if
> > you have a household that requires you to leave to
> > get some peace),

make

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a
> > habit of going someplace for a cup of tea every day
> > and turn your

cell

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> phone
> > off.
> >
> > If you work outside of the home, you might want to
> > do this on your

way

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> > home - unwind from the demands of work and and get
> > your time to

yourself

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> > before the demands of home attack you. If you work
> > inside the home
maybe
> > you can exchange babysitting moments with your
> > neighbor where you

each

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> give
> > each other a half hour of babysitting time (one
> > right after the

other)

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to
> > give you time to go for that walk. Not to mention,
> > if someone else

is

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> > involved, you will be held to a schedule,
> > accountable to someone

else.

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> >
> > The better you are to yourself, the better you can
> > be to others.

You

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> can't
> > offer others what you don't have. Those dishes
> > aren't going to be

any

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> > dirtier in a half hour and that report isn't going
> > to be any less
written
> if
> > you don't do it right this minute. But if you take
> > the time to
yourself,
> > you'll be able to do these things with much more
> > energy and you'll

find

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> you
> > don't actually need that 15 minutes you used for
> > your walk to get
> something
> > else done.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
>
>